John and Craig discuss commencement, the official moment to
start writing. It can be easy to get pressured into free producer
rewrites, starting to write before a deal is done and other
pitfalls of blurry boundaries, so the WGA is introducing the Start
Button, designed to help writers define their timeline and
let...

John and Craig review three Three-Page Challenge entries with
the help of Lindsay Doran (producer of Stranger Than Fiction, Sense
and Sensibility, Nanny McPhee, Dead Again) and Jewerl Ross (manager
and founder of Silent R Management). They then invite the writers
up to discuss the notes, including the importance of...

John and Craig investigate actual villains in this installment
of How Would This Be a Movie? From the eerily prescient writer of
“How to Murder Your Husband” to the dark comedy of Jacob Wohl,
sometimes reality provides the character — now you just need an
actual story.

About the Podcast

Screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin discuss screenwriting and related topics in the film and television industry, everything from getting stuff written to the vagaries of copyright and work-for-hire law.